Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] he [verb] take " in BNC.

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1 She rang the Sunday Herald number , placating her conscience with the thought that she might not have time to ring Tracey that evening after all ; but when she got through to the news desk , she discovered that he had taken the shuttle to Glasgow the morning before .
2 ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again .
3 Jimmy has a box of 0 cricket balls , each weighing 1 kg but he found that he had to take two out of the box to make it balance with a 40kg , weight , The equation which describes this balance would be : unc If Jimmy put back the two cricket balls into the box what would happen to the balance ?
4 His Dad would kill him if he found that he 'd taken them .
5 Though not a conspicuously modest chap ( he confirmed that he had taken ‘ an ethos of academic excellence ’ with him to his original chair in Essex ) .
6 Then he knew that he had taken the wrong path .
7 He knew and he refused to take any part . ’
8 He said that he had taken advantage of an amnesty for dissidents declared by Moi on June 1 , 1989 .
9 He said that he had taken into account the views of local authorities put to him since he met them last year , he might have taken in to account of course , we did n't accept any of the er er observations .
10 Vaguely he wished that he had taken more interest in old science .
11 He explained that he had taken the wrong path .
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